Emergy evaluation of the biosphere and natural capital

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Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 486-493

  Brown, Mark T ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032698472     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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46. First submitted 22 January 1998. Accepted for publication after revision 9 June 1999.